Judges 19:7

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When the man got up to go, his father-in-law kept urging him until he spent the night there again.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:25

But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son, let us not all go, or else we will be burdensome to you.” He pressed him, but he would not go but gave him his blessing.

Judges 19:6

So the two men sat and ate and drank together; and the girl's father said to the man, “Why not spend the night and enjoy yourself?”

Judges 19:8

On the fifth day he got up early in the morning to leave; and the girl's father said, “Fortify yourself.” So they lingered until the day declined, and the two of them ate and drank.